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Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms Used
in Itasca’s Radio Logs
A
B C D E
F G H I
K L M N
P Q R S
T U V W
X Y Z
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| Abbreviation |
Meaning |
| A2 |
MCW (modulated carrier wave) |
| A3 |
radiotelephone; voice |
| AAAAA |
the letter A sent repeatedly in morse code (dit dah, dit dah, dit dah,…) |
| ABT |
about |
| ABVE |
above |
| ACKN |
acknowledge |
| ANS |
answer |
| APPX |
approximately |
| AR |
respond |
| AS |
stand by, wait |
| B |
Did you receive? |
| BRDCST |
broadcast |
| CARRIER |
carrier wave; basic radio signal |
| CLDY |
cloudy |
| CLNG |
calling |
| CODE |
morse code |
| CRM |
Chief Radioman (Leo G. Bellarts) |
| CUM |
come |
| CW |
continuous wave, Morse code |
| DE |
from (used in morse code communications) |
| DPE |
dope; information |
| DU |
do you |
| ER |
Radioman 2nd Class Frank Cipriani (on Howland Island) |
| ES |
and |
| FER |
for |
| FM |
from (used in voice communications) |
| FONE |
radiotelephone; voice |
| GA |
Go ahead |
| HR |
hear |
| HRO |
Howland Radio Operator (Radioman 2nd Class Frank Cipriani) |
| HW |
how |
| INT |
Interrogatory; "Did I understand this part of your message correctly?" |
| K |
kilocycles |
| KCS |
kilocycles |
| KEY |
telegraph key; morse code sending device |
| KHAQQ |
radio call sign of the Earhart plane |
| LISSEN |
listen |
| LNG |
long |
| LNG
COUNT |
long count. A voice radio transmission in which the speaker counts slowly from I to
10 and then back to 1. |
| LSNIN |
listening |
| MEGS |
megacycles |
| MIC |
microphone |
| MINIMUM |
In radio direction finding the loop antenna is rotated until there is a pronounced
reduction in the signal strength known as a "minimum" of a "null
permitting a bearing to be taken on the transmitting station. |
| MSG |
message |
| N |
north |
| ND |
nothing doing; no response |
| NIJP |
USS Swan |
| NIL |
nothing |
| NMC |
Coast Guard Division Headquarters at Point Bonita (San Francisco), California |
| NPM |
U.S. Navy Radio, Wailupe (Honolulu), Hawaii |
| NPU |
U.S. Navy Radio, Tutuila, American Samoa |
| NRUI |
radio call sign of USCG Itasca |
| NRUI2 |
Call sign of high frequency direction finder on Howland Island. |
| NRUI3 |
Call sign for Itasca’s main direction finder. |
| NW |
now |
| P |
priority |
| POSN |
position |
| PSE |
please |
| QRJ |
Are my signals weak? |
| QRM |
manmade interference; conflicting signals |
| QRU |
Have you anything for me? |
| QSA |
signal strength, measured 1 (barely readable) through 5 (maximum strength) |
| QSO |
signal transmission |
| QSY |
Change to transmission on ______ kcs. |
| R |
received |
| RELD |
relieved |
| REPT |
repeat |
| RM3C |
Radioman 3rd Class |
| RPTING |
repeating |
| S |
south |
| S5 |
signal strength 5 (maximum) |
| SEZ |
says |
| SIGS |
signals |
| SKD |
scheduled |
| T16 |
a type of radio transmitter aboard Itasca |
| TT |
that |
| U |
you |
| UNANSWD |
unanswered |
| UNANWD |
unanswered |
| UNHRD |
unheard |
| UR |
your |
| VA |
I have nothing more to transmit. |
| VY |
very |
| WEA |
weather |
| WGEN |
commercial station in Mariposa, California |
| WID |
with |
| WL |
will |
| WRK |
work |
| WX |
weather |
| XMISION |
transmission |
| XMIT |
transmit |
| Y |
reply |
| ZAB |
Please inform ___ that I (or ___) am calling him |
| ZAD |
____ was calling you |
| ZAF |
I must stop to work another station. I will call you at ____ on present frequency. |
| ZAG |
I will call you again as soon as I can. |
| ZFU |
Send ‘V’s on this frequency until I break you. |
| ZNU |
Number ___ is blank |
| ZNW |
Your number ___ not received, repeat or make blank. |
| ZOY |
I have ___ messages waiting to be executed. |
| ZOZ |
[inferred] Do you have any messages waiting to be executed? |
| ZPH |
What is my signal strength? |
| ZPJ |
Your signal strength is ___ but unreadable due to echo effects. |
| ZWB |
Request priority of flying weather conditions in your vicinity. |
| ZZA |
No, nothing. |
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